Football Skills & Drills

FROM THE PUBLISHER

"Successful people have an understanding of, and appreciation for, the fundamentals and details of any organization. Coach Bass does the best job of providing the details and instructions for everyone in the game. His skillful approach to teaching the basics and attention to the finer points are unparalleled."
Joe Tiller,Head football coach,Purdue University

"Tom has always been regarded as one of the great minds in the game of football. Football coaches on all levels will find great benefit from his thoughts and principles."
Pete Carroll,Head football coach,University of Southern California

"Even though I've been coaching football for many years, I always look forward to learning more and being stimulated by a great idea. Tom Bass's book has done this for me and I'm sure it will do the same for you."
Dick Vermeil,Head football coach,Kansas City Chiefs

Author Bio: Tom Bass coached with three NFL teams over a span of nearly 30 years. With the Cincinnati Bengals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and San Diego Chargers he served as a defensive coordinator and assistant coach on both offense and defense, and he held front-office roles of vice president of public relations and director of player personnel. Before his move to the NFL, he enjoyed six successful years of college coaching at San Jose State University and San Diego State.

Bass is also recognized as a premier clinician throughout the world. He conducts on-site technical football coaching clinics for football coaches from major colleges and universities as well as for youth, high school, junior college, and international coaches of American football. His football savvy is showcased in many venues: "In-Depth" clinics on his Web site www.CoachBass.com, his "Ask the Coach" column on NFLhs.com, at Tom Bass Football Seminars for Women Only, and through successful Coach Bass Sports Maps for NFL and college football.

As an ambassador of the game, Bass has served as president of the Canadian Football League team, the Sacramento Goldminers, and was on the board of directors for the International Football Federation of American football, which covers four continents and 23 countries. Major corporations such as IBM, Coca-Cola, and Anheuser-Busch have hired him for his speaking talents, and he has been the featured guest on numerous sports talk and interview shows on radio and television, including HBO, ABC Nightly News, and ESPN.

Tom and his wife, Michelle, live in Carlsbad, California.

Solid blocking, sure tackling, proper footwork, precise routes, correct coverage angles, and synchronized body movements: basic techniques, perhaps, but all essential to winning football. Football Skills & Drills is your guide to success, covering key skills and consistent execution within all offensive, defensive, and special teams positions.

You will benefit from the same techniques used by top college and professional teams, along with a complete arsenal of 83 drills. From quarterback rollouts for winning touchdowns to block-shedding maneuvers for drive-stopping sacks, Football Skills & Drills translates technical instruction into on-field application, depicting exactly how each pass, pattern, route, catch, block, tackle, and kick are performed.